US-born NASA employee detained at airport, forced to hand over phone & pin code

‘A US citizen who works for NASA received an unfriendly welcome upon re-entering his own country, detained by a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent who forced him to hand over his phone and access code, despite the device containing sensitive NASA information.
Sidd Bikkannavar – who has worked for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) for the past 10 years – was expecting a speedy re-entry into the United States when he returned from South America on a personal trip, particularly because he is enrolled in the Global Entry program, which allows citizens to have expedited entry into the country after undergoing thorough background checks.
However, a smooth process wasn’t at all what Bikkannavar received when he arrived at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on January 30 – just over a week into the Trump administration and shortly after the president’s travel ban had been chaotically rolled out at airports across the country.’
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